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Biscayne Bay Skyscraper Application Filed In Florida
An application has been filed with the Federal Aviation Administration requesting to build another skyscraper along Biscayne Bay in Edgewater, Miami, Florida YIMBY reports. The application for the 649-ft-tall tower is comparable...
Provincetown Inclined Elevator Inspection Continues
The newly constructed inclined elevator at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum in Provincetown, Massachusetts, is still going through inspections after being declared fully functional in April, the Cape Cod Times reports....
Contractor Selected for Mixed-Use Tower on London Fringe
British Land hired longtime collaborator McLaren Construction as the general contractor for Phase 2 of Aldgate Place on London's city fringe, with work set to start in the third quarter...
Escalator Injury Case Against Shopping Mall Dismissed
A case involving injuries from an escalator at a mall in Sudbury, Canada, was dismissed, Mondaq reports. The case involved the plaintiff, a 14-year-old boy who sustained injuries, including fractures to his...
Work Begins on 410 Wabash Avenue Tower in Chicago
Work has officially begun on a 260 ft, 25-story mixed-use tower at 410 Wabash Avenue in Chicago’s The Loop, Chicago YIMBY reports. The project is expected to have 8,000 ft2 of ground-level retail,...
D&D Elevator Elevates Key Employees to Management Roles
Yonkers, New York-based D&D Elevator, an American Elevator Group company, announced two key promotions: Deborah Yanno, who has been with D&D 15 years and previously served as modernization manager, is...
Ground Breaks On Wuhan, China, Landmark Tower
In light of the city reopening after the COVID-19 outbreak, ground has been broken on Shimao Riverfront Block D2b (SRBD), a large-scale waterfront mixed-use development in Wuhan, China, EID Architecture reports. Designed...
Boy Fatally Trapped By Elevator at Vacation Rental Home
A 7-year-old boy died July 11 after being entrapped by an elevator in a vacation rental home in Corolla, North Carolina, OBX Today reported. EMS and fire department personnel arrived at the...
NYC Church To Become Office Tower
The existing Calvary Baptist Church and Salisbury Hotel at 125 West 57th Street in NYC will be demolished to make way for a new, 26-story building, including the church's new...
Elevator Industry Launches Fifth COVID-19 Survey
Elevator World, Inc.; the German elevator association VFA Interlift e.V.; and fair organizer AFAG, in association with Credit Suisse, are launching a fifth survey of elevator industry representatives on current...
